Alex Bruce, son of Steve Bruce, who was selected by Northern Ireland last week for an under-21 match against Israel has now declared for the Rep.Ireland. Alex is entitled to play for either the Republic or Northern Ireland through his grandparents but chose Rep.Ireland purely because they are a better team. If that’s the only reason perhaps he should have chosen NI. It’s my national team and I’d prefer players chose to declare for us because they felt passionate about playing for their country. If it’s a better team he wants shouldn’t he declare for England? We’re not a club side, shouldn’t there be more to playing for your national team than the fact that they happen to be better than some other team you are entitled to play for?
Alex Bruce declares for ROI
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That Granny rule is a tricky one.
Remember Andy Townsend wearing an England Shirt at euro ’88 and a year later declaring for Ireland.
He went on to have a fine international career.
The reality is we have a small pool of players and if indivduals are willing to play for us then we should pick them if they are good enough.
When the FIFA rules changed on eligabilty we could have got Zat Knight, Kevin Nolan and Gary Mcsheffrey. These players would have boosted the squad had Brian Kerr persued them.
You can be sure Mick Mccarthy would have been more pro active if he was still in Charge at the time.
Finally best of Luck to Steve Staunton.
Well, i cant imagine that Alex Bruce would want to listen to that God-awful accent, and the victim whining , of Norn iron for 10 years, so that why he chose the Republic of Ireland… btw, norn iron isn’t a country…its a hybrid outpost of pi$$ing and moaning by sad little excuses of men…